T'erey

Appearance: T'erey is 6'3 and has finally filled out, though he is by no means muscular, retaining a rather lean look from his youth. His luxurious head of wavy dark auburn hair is often unkempt, lending him a rakish appearance, while his brown eyes tend to soften the look and make him seem more serious. He has a scar on his left leg from a deep threadscore. He was scored nearly to the bone and it didn't heal cleanly, giving him a deep pucker.

He is careless in his dress, often appearing a tad disheveled. When not in riding gear, he most often dresses in black and soft silvery grey. He still has the cape he often wore during Benden winters, and will don it on cool nights, more from a fondness for it than any need for warmth.

It comes as no surprise that he is also careless with his weyr. It is perpetually in a state of disarray, with scrolls, herbs, and various healer apparatus scattered hither and yon. It is a wonder he can ever find what he wants in the mess, but he always seems to know at least the general area to look.

Personality: T'erey is something of a loner and doesn't warm up quickly to people. The one exception to this is his baby sister, Trissa. T'eray adores his baby sister and would do almost anything for her. If he ever hears that she is in trouble or hurt, he will break all rules to help her. Not even Faranth would be able to help the one that brought her to harm.

T'erey needs mental challenges and enjoys learning new things. Once he has mastered a lesson, however, he becomes bored with any repetition. He spends a great deal of time ensconced with various scrolls, researching for his craft. If he has nothing to stimulate him mentally, he will push the limits physically and may become reckless. When bored, he tends to get sullen.

As a dragon healer, he is self assured, gentle, strong willed when called for, and practical. He is completely absorbed in the task at hand, no matter how menial or repetitive, though menial tasks will still bore him and send him in search of stimulation afterwards. He never becomes bored when he is hands on with the dragons, however.

T'erey likes to search out wild firelizard nests and tries to be there at hatching, not to Impress, but to collect and study the bodies of those that don't survive. Marenalth drives away the wherries until his rider has what he wants. A few times the dragonhealer has found badly wounded flits, barely alive, and tried to do what he could to mend them. Thus far none have survived.

History: Tinderrey is the oldest child of 4. his mother and father are both healers. His father Drashon is journeyman, while his mother Timmara is a senior apprentice. She chose to leave with her journeyman love when he was assigned to a small hold west of Benden.

All of them began helping out with what they could from an early age and became apprentices at the age of 12.

When each of their children was of an age to officially apprentice to the healer craft, the family traveled to Fort, to the Healer Hall. Each child received a fire lizard egg there, ready to hatch, a gift from their parents. Tinderey's brown flit hatched from his.

Tinderey certainly had the aptitude for the healing craft. He learned quickly, but never seemed quite as interested as his siblings. When he failed, it was because he chose not to apply himself. He was seldom challenged by his lessons, and seemed bored much of the time.

While he had the knack for the skill he seemed to lack in bedside manner. It became apparent in his turns as an apprentice healer that he did not have a way with people, especially sick people.

On a cold, blustery spring day a Search Rider from Benden arrived. Tinderey was fascinated to see a dragon that close and boldly approaches, studying the magnificent creature with rapt attention. He spoke to the dragon, bowing, giving him a formal greeting and complimenting him. The dragon approved and informed his rider of the lad's potential. Drashon and Timmara were glad to see him finally truly interested in something and were supportive.

Tinderey relocated to Benden Weyr, where he continued in his healer work as he learned under the tutelage of the candidate master. The Weyr healers quickly picked up on his unsuitability for hands-on work with patients, and he found himself more often doing tedious craft work such as mixing up the various creams, pastes, and tinctures needed by the healers. This bored him beyond measure.

Meanwhile, during falls, the lad was quick to rush to spread numbweed on the dragons rather than the riders. Healers and dragonhealers alike saw the obvious: As bad as he was with people, he was wonderful in equal measure with dragons, proving to be a very calming influence for them.

Tinderey stood at every hatching for a bit over 3 turns before brown Marenalth finally claimed him for his own.

His parents and baby sister Trissa have recently been relocated to the Arolos Healer Hall, prompting T'erey to transfer to Arolos Weyr.

Information about T'erey's pets

Pet Name: Drummer

Pet Type: Brown Firelizard

Appearance: Drummer is small for a brown, being closer to the size of a blue. This means he is less apt to fly a green (and almost no chance of flying a gold), but is more agile.

He is a dark brown, as are the best chocolates. His colour is fairly uniform, with very little variation.

Personality: Drummer is hatched at Healer Hall in Fort. From the very start, he begins to imitate the drums he hears from the Harper Hall, so gains his name.

Drummer has since learned to imitate a variety of different drums. He flies to the sound of a drum when he hears one, and has been known to imitate drum sequences.

He will sometimes join in on a lively tune with a bodhran-like sound and rhythm.

Information about T'erey's dragon

Dragon Name: Marenalth

Colour: Brown

Age: 5

Wing (Weyrling Group): Direflame

Appearance: Marenalth is the brown of a rich cherry wood, with warm reddish brown highlights in the sun. This is more pronounced on the wingsails. His claws up to about halfway up the leg to the second joint, about a flit-length of his tail tip, his snout and knobs are a shade darker. Marenalth is no stranger to the pain of a threadscore, having had several tangles with the deadly stuff. He sports a criss-cross of scars on his right foreleg and a long meandering pair of scars on the left flank.

Personality: Marenalth is generally a quiet, thoughtful, observant dragon. He is good at keeping track of draconic relationships around the weyr, as well as any hints of rider-dragon relations. If he learns of something bothering a dragon's rider, he remembers. He keeps this information to himself, though, unless it seems to be needed in relation to dragonhealing. This sometimes means relevant information doesn't get passed on, as Marenalth doesn't always see the relevance or the potential benefit of informing his rider.

He is more apt to speak kindly to an injured dragon's rider than his lifemate. He tries to encourage T'erey to be less brusque with riders of injured dragons. Thus far he hasn't seemed to have had much impact on his rider in this respect.

Weyr of Origin: Benden

Abilites and weaknesses: He is a large brown: not the largest, but close. He is a bulky, muscular dragon. His wings seem a tad short for his size, but as with the rest of him, they sport huge muscles attaching them to his body. This gives him great strength for quick launches but that bulk comes at the price of agility and speed. The muscle also gives him a greater need for meat than the average dragon his size.

He is not the most successful with mating flights, often out-maneuvered by more agile males. Fortunately for him, he doesn't often feel the need to give chase. At least, not for himself. He has been known to chase a green for his rider's benefit, though.

Information about T'erey's craft

Craft: DragonHealerCraft Rank: Senior Apprentice

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